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Driver can have some internal variables (saved in the profile store, for example) that memorize the state of the mount when the park command is issued. Also, I...
The telescope spec clearly states "The state of Tracking after unparking
is undetermined.". It's not really possible to enforce any particular
startup...
There are, of course, a variety of ways of _physically_ storing the state of a device when it was disconnected from an ASCOM driver. The problem is that there...
The issue is parking and unparking not tracking, should the client unpark a mount without the decision being made by the user, simple, yes? Regards, Chuck...
Hi Chuck- This was all hashed over a few years back, in developing the Telescope V2 standard. The reason the state is undefined is because the range of ...
... You're right about the manual changes between sessions, but it's not directly related to Ascom or the driver. It's the same with everything else, in fact....
Thanks for the info Chris. So, remarks in the V2 docs 'Applications must check and change Tracking as needed after unparking.' and 'In V2, setting the...
Christophe, Even what you propose as "wouldn't hurt, to me.", violates the reality of "some" mounts. I believe the Paramount is one in particular. It has One...
... As I don't have this mount, I don't know how it works, hence my following question : can this mount be controlled "manually" ? I mean with some kind of...
I think it means that a driver writer can decide whether to unpark on connect or not. A client can make no assumptions about the park state or the tracking...
This particular mount I do not have. The behavior of the mount is controlled by its software, and its firmware. This is the Software Bisque Mount and...
Christophe Don't know about the Paramount, but the Gemini by Losmandy starts tracking on connect. That is in the software in the mount. My old CGE started...
Regardless of all the discussion on this subject 2 years ago, I feel it's not resolved. I will certainly understand if some choose not to participate for fear...
Then there is the issue as to whether there is RAM in the mount to store these settings, or whether there is a guarantee that the same computer is used to...
I guess my question to you would be: what would you suggest change? Some mounts MUST be unparked on connect, some mounts it is optional. So should the standard...
I believe that letting the mount's driver decide what happens would be the purest way to deal with the numerous ways unparking can be finagled. Regards, Chuck...
This is where the contention developed during V2 specification development. Bob Denny just about sold his soul to get access to the TeleAPI DLL from Software...
Would it be better if a driver ONLY implemented Park, Setpark and Unpark if this was a function of the underlying scope hardware? A driver would not finangle...
So your concern is that a driver that is essentially a hub, because it should just be passing commands through to a specific telescope driver, is what is...
... Sorry guys I have been at the AIC Conference with little bandwidth for other things... I can't recall the line of thinking/discussion that led me to make...
Chris, that's confusing. TeleAPI _is_ an ASCOM client. TeleAPI is an
adapter (matches interfaces from two different systems). From the Bisque
end of the...
Hi all, After Update the ASCOM Platform from 5.0a to 5.5, the Celestron Driver, stopped. My OS is Vista Home Premium 64 bit. Please any idea o suggestion. ...
... A client. Effectively, it is determining the behavior of TheSky when TheSky connects to an ASCOM Telescope driver instead of using its own internal ...
Bob, If a mount was parked and the client disconnect then reconnected a time later what should be the expectation of a reasonable end user? My thought is that...
Yes Bob, some users may have mount/roof collision issues, so, they may choose not to unpark on connection if their mount driver allows for that. Regards, Chuck...
This has gone very far astray. TeleAPI screws into the side of TheSky, making TheSky able co use ASCOM drivers. [TheSky-TeleAPI]--->[Telescope Driver]---> etc....
Finagled was a poor word choice. All I'm saying is that clients should not assume the user wants to unpark especially since (as I already stated) the V2 spec...
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